IBA Annual Conference Toronto 2025
2 Nov - 7 Nov 2025
Session information
Welcome to the wild west: activism in Canada and elsewhere
Friday 7 November (0930 - 1045)
Committee(s)
Corporate and M&A Law Committee
(Lead)
Description
Like many jurisdictions around the world, shareholder activism in Canada has been on a rapid rise over the last decade.
This session will focus on the latest trends in Canadian activism, legal features that make the Canadian activism landscape unique, and on the similarities and differences – in rules, practices, tactics and trends – between activism in Canada compared to the rest of the world.
Panellists will discuss topics including:
• the Canadian legal framework that enables robust shareholder activism;
• tactics of Canadian activists;
• the increasing divide on ESG and DEI, and its impact on shareholder activism in Canada and elsewhere;
• recent trends in shareholder activism from around the world.
Session / Workshop Chair(s)
| Ronald Chen | Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, New York, New York, USA; Assistant Secretary, Corporate and M&A Law Committee |
| Barbara Ramperti | Marval O'Farrell Mairal, Buenos Aires, Argentina; Conference Coordinator South America, Corporate and M&A Law Committee |
Speakers
| Matthieu Brochier | Darrois Villey Maillot Brochier , Paris, France |
| Tamar Goldstein | Kimmeridge Energy, New York, New York, USA |
| Michael Klym | Goldman Sachs, Calgary, Alberta, Canada |
| Yuki Oi | Nishimura & Asahi, Tokyo, Japan; Young Lawyers' Committee Liaison Officer, Corporate and M&A Law Committee |
| Walied Soliman | Norton Rose Fulbright, Toronto, Ontario, Canada |